Differences in health literacy profiles of patients admitted to a public and a private hospital in Melbourne, Australia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jessup, Rebecca L ^a,b   Osborne, Richard H ^a   Beauchamp, Alison ^a,c   Bourne, Allison ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^b,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Equity; Health literacy; Hospitals; Literacy; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042525440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-018-2921-4     Document Type: Article

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